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Pitbull

Grammy Award-Winning Musician, Entertainer & Entrepreneur

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From Mr. 305 to Mr. Worldwide, Armando Christian Perez, aka
Pitbull, rose from the streets of Miami to exemplify the American
Dream and achieve international success. His relentless work ethic
transformed him into a Grammy®-winning global superstar and
business entrepreneur.

From Mr. 305 to Mr. Worldwide, Armando Christian Perez, aka
Pitbull, rose from the streets of Miami to exemplify the American
Dream and achieve international success. His relentless work ethic
transformed him into a Grammy®-winning global superstar and
business entrepreneur.

Along the way, he’s been the subject of specials for CNBC,
CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC and more, in addition to appearances on
Empire, Shark Tank and Dancing with the Stars.
His music has appeared in Men In Black III and The
Penguins of Madagascar, and he even had a starring voiceover
role in the animated 3D movie Epic.

Landing #1 hits in over 15 countries, 9 billion YouTube/VEVO
views, 70 million single sales and 6 million album sales, Pitbull
does not stop. His social networking channels include 58 million
likes on Facebook (@Pitbull), 23 million followers on Twitter
(@Pitbull) and 5 million followers on Instagram (@Pitbull), plus
more than 8 million subscribers on YouTube (PitbullVEVO and
PitbullMusic). On Shazam, Pitbull has introduced over 57 million
followers to emerging DJs, club tracks and new sounds from around
the world. Pitbull joined Flipagram as the first ever Artist of the
Month and within days had 340,000 views and 78,000 followers, now
at 740,000 followers.

Pitbull continues his ascent in the era of streaming music. On
Pandora, for example, his all-time metrics include 3.34 billion
streams, 14.5 million stations created and 11.2 million active
listeners per month, with “Give Me Everything” his most
streamed song at 368 million.

The Miami native born to Cuban-American expatriates lives by the
motto “turn a negative into a positive,” and this mindset has
instilled in him a tenacity that fuels his drive for success. In
fact, breaking barriers is in his blood. His grandmother was one of
the first women who fled to the Sierra Maestra mountain range in
Cuba, escaping the tyranny of Fidel Castro. His mother arrived in
the United States as part of the historic “Operation Peter
Pan,” and his father even picked up 547 people during the Mariel
boatlift. His aunt became a Cuban political prisoner. Pitbull
remains immersed in a culture of challenging the status quo and
continues to defy the odds and emerge victorious.

Upon graduating high school, he turned all of his attention to
music with a series of underground mixtapes. Merging hip-hop with
Cuban swing, pop flavors and a Caribbean bounce, Pitbull flaunts a
style that’s indisputably his own. Releasing his full-length
debut, M.I.A.M.I in 2004, followed by the success of 2006’s
El Mariel and 2007’s The Boatlift. In tribute
to his father, he delivered his first Spanish-language album
Armando in 2010. He grinded it out on the road and touched
down everywhere from the Far East and South America to Europe and
all across the U.S.

The hustle yielded 2011’s Planet Pit, which debuted
at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 and spawned one of the
“best-selling singles of all-time” - “Give Me Everything”
[feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer]. The anthem would be his first
to top Billboard’s Hot 100 and go RIAA
quintuple-platinum, moving over 8 million units globally. Pitbull
solidified himself as a superstar entertainer, selling out arenas
and stadiums all around the world.

His 2013 Meltdown EP gave the world “Timber”
[featuring Ke$ha], #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for three
weeks straight, six-times platinum, and accumulated global sales
surpassing 8 million dollars as the “sixth best-selling song of
the year.” 2014’s Globalizationboasted hit
“Fireball” [featuring John Ryan] and the platinum “Time of
Our Lives” [featuring Ne-Yo]. Always remembering where he comes
from, his second Spanish-language album, Dale [pronounced
Dah-Le and named after his signature phrase], buoyed some of his
biggest international songs, including the gold-certified,
“Piensas” and “El Taxi” and the platinum “Como Yo Le
Doy,” VEVO-certified for views in excess of 100 million.

Pitbull hosted the American Music Awards two years in a
row – 2013 and 2014. He received the honor of co-writing the 2014
FIFA World Cup official song and delivered a show-stopping
performance alongside Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte in São
Paulo, Brazil, seen worldwide during the opening ceremony.

Following his first Las Vegas residency, “Time of Our Lives”
at the AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, the casino
beckoned him to return for a second run in 2016. Madame Tussauds
Orlando gave him his own wax figure, and Miami awarded him a key to
the city. Most recently, he received a star in Celia Cruz Plaza on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Whether it’s his Voli Vodka, fragrance line “Pitbull,” or
the high-profile partnerships with brands such as Bud Light, Dr.
Pepper and Dodge, his influence has catapulted. Norwegian Cruise
Line handpicked him as Godfather to Norwegian Escape, one of the
most innovative cruise ships ever built and the video shoot
location for Pitbull’s Climate Change track
“Freedom.” He holds equity in Miami Grill and continues to
develop his strategic alliance with Playboy Enterprises. His deal
with Endemol North America includes his production company,
“Honey I’m Home,” and 2017 will mark his third annual New
Year’s Eve special on FOX. Globalization, his 24/7
commercial-free channel on Sirius XM (Ch.4) has become the
platform’s fastest-growing channel following its 2015 launch.

Initially inspired to pursue his music
dream by one of his high school teachers, Pitbull also understands
the impact that education can make in one’s life. To spread that
message and encourage quality education for children from all walks
of life, he serves as an ambassador for SLAM!, Sports Leadership
and Management charter schools. Launched in the Little Havana
section of Miami where he spent some of his youth, the SLAM! model
has now expanded to Las Vegas and West Palm Beach, Florida.

On “Freedom,” he sums everything up:Went from a poor kid to a well-known all-around-the-globe world
class citizen, man I paid all my dues and earned my stripes took
all the wrong in my life and I made it right.

That’s the dream, and Pitbull’s showing everybody it’s
possible.

Dale!

Pitbull Opens National Charter School Conference

Fireside Chat with Armando Christian Perez (Pitbull): eMerge Americas

CNN Spotlight: Pitbull

Rap Star Pitbull On Family, Success and Giving Back: CBS This Morning

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scantily clad female dancers. The tuxedo he wears (from his own
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